Houthi official says Yemeni group ‘will not abandon’ Iran
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti suggests that the Houthis, who have been carrying out missile and drone strikes against Israel, will respond to the Israeli attacks on Iran.
“As we did not abandon Palestine or Lebanon, we will not abandon Iran or any Muslim nation facing Israeli aggression,” al-Bukhaiti said in a statement.
Israeli military says missile launched from Yemen falls on Hebron
The Israeli military says the missile has fallen inside the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, adding that no interceptors were involved. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, quoting local medics, is reporting that three Palestinian children were wounded.
Internet blackout in Gaza impeding work of emergency services
As Israel attacks Iran, it has maintained its ferocious assault on the Gaza Strip – killing at least 44 people there so far since dawn today.
Meanwhile, an internet blackout across Gaza due to Israeli attacks is making communications very difficult and is impeding the work of emergency services, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary says.
“Ambulance [crews] are saying they’re facing a lot of obstacles and challenges to know what is happening and where,” she said, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
They say they are not receiving [calls] from Palestinians because of this blackout, so it’s not only preventing Palestinians contacting each other, but it’s also affecting lives being saved.”
She said Israel has been launching intense air attacks in the north of Gaza, especially around Jabalia, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoon, as well as in and around the southern city of Khan Younis, including in al-Mawasi, an area previously designated by Israel as a “safe zone” that has come under repeated Israeli attack.
Khoudary said that while today’s exact casualty figures are unknown in Gaza, the Strip’s few remaining hospitals and medical facilities are overwhelmed by injured people.
“The Israeli forces also open fire every single morning on Palestinians who try to collect aid from the [Israeli- and US-backed] Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” she said.
“Earlier today, there were a lot of Palestinians killed [at the sites],” she said.
